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Old Absinthe House Bar

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Description: Interior of the Old Absinthe House Bar, erected in 1806 by Pedro Front and Francisco Juncadelia. The bar features decorative marble fountains and a clock ...
Drawing

Monument to General Albert Sydney Johnston

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Description: Drawing of a monument to General Albert Sydney Johnston, which was erected by Association of the Army of Tennessee in the St. Louis Cemetery in New Orleans...
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Men Shaking Hands over Contract

Date: 04 1913
Description: Professor Perry Holden and Governor Luther Egbert Hall shake hands over a contract to grow 100,000,000 bushels of corn in Louisiana in 1913. A group of men...
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State Normal School Girls' Tennis Courts

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Description: Elevated view of girls playing tennis on the lawn at the State Normal School.
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Men around Water Pump

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Description: A group of men wearing hats gathered around a water pump. Scaffolding surrounds the operation and a large pulley is visible. Text on image reads "Largest f...
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Old St. Louis Hotel Slave Block

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Description: A man and a woman stand in front of archways at the Old St. Louis Hotel Slave Block. The woman points to something overhead.
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Cutting Sugar Cane

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Description: Men and women cutting sugar cane by hand in a field. Caption reads: "Cutting Sugar Cane, Morgan City, LA."
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Nicholas and Royal Streets

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Description: View down Nicholas and Royal Streets. Men stand on the sidewalk near a cafe and lunch room.
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Royal Street Scene

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Description: View down sidewalk on left side of Royal Street featuring two men near a market on the right. An iron fence is on the left side of the street.
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Bogue Falaya Landing

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Description: View from across the water of Bogue Falaya Landing and Boat House. Published by C.C. Champagne & Co.
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with parked cars and small businesses.
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Sculpture of "Old Black Joe"

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Description: Sculpture of a man near a wooden deck and barrels. Caption reads: "Old Black Joe."
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Portrait of "La Vieille"

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Description: Portrait of a woman wearing a long dress and an apron. Text on photograph reads: "La Vieille."
Photograph

Factory near Water

Date: 1900
Description: View across water of a factory or processing plant with large metal pipes leading into the water. Trees are growing out of the water near the pipes, and a ...
Photograph

Chalmette Laundry Truck

Date: 09 22 1938
Description: A man loads boxes and packages into the back of an International D-2 truck owned by the Chalmette Laundry division of the Crescent City Laundries, Incorpor...
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Railroad Car Ferry

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Description: View of railroad cars being ferried across the river.
Map or Atlas

Plan of Fort Jackson, showing the effect of bombardment by the U.S. mortar flotilla and gunboats, April 13th to 24th 1862; drawn by E. Hergesheimer

Date: 1862
Description: This detailed plan of Fort Jackson, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, indicates the damage inflicted by the April, 1862, bombardment of the fort by Union f...
Print

Repulse of the Highlanders

Date: 1985
Description: Painting depicting the Battle of New Orleans, fought on 8 January 1815. In the upper corner of the painting Major General Andrew Jackson is shown at the to...
Print

Free Men of Color and Choctaw Indian Volunteers at New Orleans

Date: 1982
Description: "The painting shows the Choctaws and a mixed group of Major Daquin's Battalion of Free Men of Color. The latter were mostly attired in civilian clothes bec...
Photograph

IH 3400 Commercial Bus at Hotel de la Monnaie

Date: 1995
Description: View towards an International model 3400 Commercial Bus parked in front of the Hotel de la Monnaie. The bus is white with red and blue stripes, with the "I...

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